Nollywood heavyweights Desmond Elliot and Uche Jombo are topping the list of nominees for this year’s Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF).
In the list released recently by the organisers of the 10th Abuja film festival, Elliot gets a total of four nominations, trailed by friend and partner Uche Jombo with two nods.
Others on the list are producer Chico Ejiro, as well as Ghanaian movie sensations Majid Mitchel and Jackie Appiah.
Jury members for this year’s event include US based African cinema enthusiast, Connor Ryan, Former Arts Editor Guardian and Next, Molara Wood, veteran Ghanaian actress, Akofa Edjaeni Asiedu, Film/TV Producer, Emeka Ossai, curator of Short Images UK, Patrice Lamonn, and festival Director of Inshort Film Festival, Victor Okhai.
Below is the full list of nominees for the film festival awards:
BEST FEATURE FILM – NIGERIA
AIYEKOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI
NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT
TORN – MOSES INWANG
WHEN DREAMS FALL APART – CHICO EJIRO
SAVE THE CHILDREN – MAGNUS EDET
BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA
LIES MEN TELL – UCHE JUMBO
BEST FEATURE FILM – FOREIGN
STORM WARRIORS – CHINA
AGNUS DEI – KOSOVO
LINE OF SIGHT – JORDAN
ANDALUSIA MY LOVE – MOROCCO
SUNNYSIDE – BULGARIA
SUJET – CANADA
BEST SHORT FILM – NIGERIA
SCANDALOUS MERCY – PETER THOMPSON
PARADOX – DESMOND ELLIOT
OGONDAH – WILLIS IKEDUM
SURVIVAL – SEUN OLOKETUYI
BEST SHORT FILM – FOREIGN
MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA
FRANCOIS FIRST DAY – FRANCE
THE DOCK OF DESTINY – MOROCCO
GROWING UP – ABU DHABI
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA
THE COURT – GERMANY
ROLLING DOLLAR; THE LEGEND UNPLUGGED – NIGERIA
THE TRUTH BE TOLD – NIGERIA
DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA – NIGERIA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
JAND HUSTLE – EHIZOJIE OJESEBHOLO
DREAD – AGBO KELLY
PATROIT – AGBO KELLY
I-GAMES – ALEXANDRA KURE’AVE HUL
BEST ANIMATION FILM
ROMANCE OF WOOD LIU HIU – CHINA
PROTECT US – NIGERIA
REALITY 2.0 – GERMANY
OUTSTANDING MALE ACT
BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU – FINDING MERCY
DESMOND ELLIOT – LIES MEN TELL
PRINCE OSSEI – OFF THE HOOK
MAJID MITCHEL – BROTHERS KEEPER
CHESTER OSAGIE- MISSION TO MAMURO
ODUNLADE ADEKOLA – MUFU OLOSA OKO
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACT
CHARITY OFEM – SAVE THE CHILDREN
BANKE AMOLE -ADAMS – MISSION TO MAMURO
NADIA ODEH – LINE OF SIGHT
UCHE JUMBO – LIES MEN TELL
JACKIE APPIAH – OFF THE HOOK
OMONI OBOLI – BLUE FLAMES
OUTSANDING FILM IN DIRECTING
AIYEKOOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI
PENCILS & MALICE – OROK DUKE JNR
BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA
NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT
LINE OF SIGHTES – ASIL MANSUL
STORM WARRIORS – PENG FA & PENG SHUN
GOLDEN JURY FILM
BROTHERS KEEPER – NIGERIA
NEXT PRESIDENT – NIGERIA
MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA
STORM WARRIORS – CHINA
THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA
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